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☆ PayPal lifts 2024 profit forecast as spending stays resilient, margins improve
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

PayPal raised its full-year adjusted profit forecast on Tuesday, as the payments giant benefited from robust consumer spending, while measures to cut costs improved operating margins in the first quarter. Consumer spending has shown remarkable resilience even as economic worries clouded the outlook for the payments sector for months. The company expects 2024 adjusted profit to increase by "mid-to-high single-digit percentage", compared with its earlier forecast of it remaining flat. PayPal's operating margins improved 84 basis points, on an adjusted basis, to 18.2% in the first quarter. The company's low-margin business products have risen strongly, while growth in its branded products slowed due to increased pressure from competitors such as Apple .

Persons: Alex Chriss Organizations: PayPal, Nasdaq, FX, Apple Locations: San Jose , California

☆ Jim Cramer on 5 stocks: Coca-Cola, McDonald's, 3M, PayPal and Walmart
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Matthew J. Belvedere | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are "no longer at war," he said, adding that Coke is looking more domestic and Pepsi more international. Cramer concluded that Coca-Cola is a "very good situation [and] you want to own it." "The good news about McDonald's is they prepped us … you said [Q1] wouldn't be good, it's not good. "He fixed them for the next guy," Cramer said. "It was a CEO [Dan Schulman] situation that was not good," Cramer said.

Persons: Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Cramer, it's, McDonald's, Mike Roman, Roman, William Brown, Dan Schulman, Alex Chriss, He's Organizations: CNBC, Club, Cola, PepsiCo, Pepsi, PayPal, Intuit, Walmart, CVS, Walgreens

☆ Long-time quant bigwig Neil Chriss is out at Paloma after just 11 months. It was a year of big hires, a restructuring, and new New York digs.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Chriss — who joined the long-running quant-focused multi-strategy firm in May of 2023 — is "no longer with Paloma," according to a letter sent to the firm's investors Monday. Chriss had been at Millennium for five years prior to joining Paloma and founded his own hedge fund, Hutchin Hill, in 2007. Paloma declined to comment on the rationale for his departure, and Chriss did not respond to requests for comment. But it was not all growth for Paloma while Chriss was at the helm.

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☆ PayPal plummets as Wall Street likens CEO's strategy to 'turning around the titanic'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Kate Rooney | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

PayPal shares tumbled more than 10% Thursday after a disappointing forecast added to uncertainty around the payments giant. While the company posted beats on most metrics for its fourth quarter on Wednesday, PayPal guided for earnings that were well below expectations. He called 2024 a transition year and told CNBC in a phone interview that the company was staying "conservative" on guidance. 'Show me' stock PayPal's CEO faced criticism for over-promising before its Jan. 25 product event . Leading up to that, Chriss told CNBC PayPal planned to "shock the world."

Persons: Alex Chriss, FactSet, it's, Wells, Andrew Bauch, Chriss, Gordon Haskett, Don Bilson, Bilson, Bryan Keane, Michael Bloom Organizations: PayPal, Apple, CNBC, Intuit, CNBC PayPal, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank

☆ PayPal issues disappointing guidance even as fourth-quarter earnings top estimates
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Alex Koller | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

PayPal reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results Wednesday, but issued guidance that was a bit below estimates. The number of active accounts fell 2% to 426 million, trailing analyst expectations of 427.17 million, according to StreetAccount. PayPal provided guidance for the full year and first quarter that fell just short of expectations. The company anticipates full-year earnings of $5.10 per share, below the $5.48 analysts expected, according to LSEG. For the first quarter, PayPal estimated year-over-year earnings per share growth would fall in the mid-single digits, compared with a consensus estimate of 8.7%.

Persons: Alex Chriss Organizations: PayPal, LSEG, Revenue, StreetAccount, Intuit Locations: San Jose , California

PayPal will cut 9% of its global workforce, or about 2,500 jobs, CEO Alex Chriss wrote Tuesday in an internal letter to employees, which was viewed by CNBC. The cuts will affect both existing roles and job listings that PayPal had planned to hire for, and will take place over the course of the year, Chriss wrote. If your role is included in this workforce reduction, you will be notified between today and the end of the week. PayPal has significant potential to create substantial value for our employees, our customers, and shareholders. I am confident that our PayPal community will come through this period even stronger, and I am optimistic about the future we will create together.

Persons: Alex Chriss, Chriss, Alex Don't Organizations: PayPal, CNBC, Intuit, CNBC PRO

☆ PayPal lays off 2,500 workers one week after CEO announces 'new chapter'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Paul Squire | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

PayPal is slashing 9% of its workforce — about 2,500 jobs. The CEO said cuts will "right-size our business." Last week, CEO Alex Chriss said the payment company would launch new products using AI. The payment company's CEO Alex Chriss told staff on Tuesday that another 9% of the workforce — about 2,500 positions — will be slashed. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: Alex Chriss, —, Chriss Organizations: PayPal, Service, Business

☆ Jim Cramer says it's time for investors to take some profits, 'it's the disciplined thing to do'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Thursday said the market's had a significant run, and it may be time to ring the register. Cramer reflected on the CNBC Investing Club's decision to sell all of the Charitable Trust's shares of Caterpillar . The trust bought Caterpillar stock in part due to the assumption the Fed would implement several rate cuts, which usually bodes well for industrials. According to Cramer, stock dips for PayPal and ServiceNow may signal losses for other stocks previously bolstered by AI initiatives. "It means you need to do some trimming, purely because your profits don't count until you ring the register."

Persons: CNBC's Jim Cramer, Cramer, Alex Chriss Organizations: CNBC, Caterpillar . Dupont, Caterpillar, PayPal

☆ Paypal CEO Alex Chriss: We will 'shock' the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailPaypal CEO Alex Chriss: We will 'shock' the worldPaypal CEO Alex Chriss joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss what Chriss has to say about recent downgrades from Wall Street, how the new CEO plans to 'shock the world', and more.

Persons: Alex Chriss, Chriss Locations: Wall

☆ Watch CNBC's full interview with PayPal CEO Alex Chriss
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with PayPal CEO Alex ChrissPayPal CEO Alex Chriss joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss what Chriss has to say about recent downgrades from Wall Street, how the new CEO plans to 'shock the world', and more.

Persons: Alex, Alex Chriss, Chriss Locations: Wall

☆ PayPal stock will still be under pressure as Alex Chriss takes over as chief executive, MoffetNathanson says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

PayPal could still underperform expectations despite a reset with a new chief executive, according to MoffetNathanson. The firm downgraded PayPal stock to market perform from outperform in a Monday note, and lowered its price target to $75 per share. PayPal stock has slipped nearly 10% from the start of the year and was off 1.4% in premarket trading Monday. PYPL YTD mountain PayPal stock. Analyst Lisa Ellis says that despite the potentially promising fresh start for the company with new chief executive and former Intuit CEO Alex Chriss on Sept. 27 , PayPal will still underperform MoffetNathanson estimates. "

Persons: Lisa Ellis, Alex Chriss, Ellis, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: PayPal, Apple Locations: Venmo

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: DoorDash, Arm, PayPal and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. DoorDash — Shares added nearly 2% after being upgraded by Mizuho Securities to buy from neutral on Sunday. Micron Technology — The stock gained about 1.6% premarket after Deutsche Bank upgraded the memory and storage solutions company to buy from hold on Sunday, and also raised its target price. Arm Holdings — Shares of the semiconductor company fell 3.7% in premarket trading as the newly public Arm tries to find its level in the market. Bernstein initiated coverage on Monday with an underperform rating, saying it was too early to say Arm will be an AI winner.

Persons: MoffettNathanson, PayPal's, Alex Chriss, Bernstein, —, Macheel, Jesse Pound, Michelle Fox Theobald Organizations: PayPal, Mizuho Securities, Micron Technology, Deutsche Bank

☆ Wall Street downgrades this fintech name. Here's why Cramer agrees with the call
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

If you like this story, sign up for Jim Cramer's Top 10 Morning Thoughts on the Market email newsletter for free. CNBC's Jim Cramer agrees with the call, adding that investors should ditch these newer fintech names like PayPal altogether. "Stay away from every single one of them," Jim said, adding older financials like Mastercard and Visa are doing "incredibly well." PayPal has faced immense competition from Apple's (AAPL) popular digital payment product, Apple Pay, as well. Shares of PayPal have dropped nearly 11.5% year-to-date, while Mastercard and Visa have surged 19% and 17% since the start of 2023, respectively.

Persons: MoffettNathanson, Alex Chriss, Jim Cramer's, CNBC's Jim Cramer, Jim Organizations: PayPal Holdings, PayPal, Mastercard, Visa, Apple, CNBC, Nvidia

☆ PayPal would slot well in a different wallet
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Lauren Silva Laughlin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The $70 billion company’s struggles, and the incoming chief’s credentials, set the stage for a transaction of some sort. He also spearheaded its $12 billion purchase of marketing service Mailchimp in 2021, which could augur a deal. And an operation like PayPal’s could help CEO Mark Zuckerberg challenge potential cage-match opponent Elon Musk and his super-app ambitions at X, formerly known as Twitter. Given PayPal’s massive slump, Chriss will be under pressure to restore the luster, or to slot it into another company’s wallet. In 2021, he led the company’s $12 billion acquisition of Mailchimp.

Persons: Alex Chriss, Dan Schulman, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Lina Khan, Fiserv, Frank Bisignano, Peter Thiel, Sexier, Chriss, Schulman, Jeffrey Goldfarb, Sharon Lam, Aditya Sriwatsav Organizations: Reuters, PayPal, Intuit, JPMorgan, Citigroup, Facebook, U.S . Federal Trade Commission, Visa, Mastercard, PayPal Mafia, Mailchimp, Thomson

The rally in the chipmaker's stock pushed the information technology index (.SPLRCT) 1.85% higher, making it the strongest of 11 S&P 500 sector indexes. The S&P 500 climbed 0.58% to end the session at 4,489.72 points. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 19, 2023. Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones within the S&P 500 (.AD.SPX) by a 1.1-to-one ratio. The S&P 500 posted 8 new highs and 11 new lows; the Nasdaq recorded 50 new highs and 192 new lows.

Persons: Tesla, Morgan Stanley, Jay Hatfield, Brendan McDermid, Goldman Sachs, Alex Chriss, Amruta Khandekar, Saeed Azhar, Arun Koyyur, Maju Samuel, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Nvidia, China AMC, Nasdaq, Dow, Chipmaker Micron Technology, Dow Jones, Infrastructure Capital Advisors, NVIDIA, Walmart, New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Traders, Fed, PayPal Holdings, Intuit, AMC Entertainment, Hawaiian Electric Industries, Thomson Locations: China, New York, New York City, U.S, Delaware, Maui, Lahaina, Bengaluru

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 19, 2023. Nvidia's (NVDA.O) gain pushed the information technology index (.SPLRCT) higher, making it the strongest of 11 S&P 500 sector indexes. Other megacap growth stocks including Alphabet (GOOGL.O), and Amazon.com (AMZN.O) also posted gains, as did chipmaker Micron Technology (MU.O). According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 (.SPX) gained 26.28 points, or 0.59%, to end at 4,490.33 points, while the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) gained 143.81 points, or 1.05%, to 13,788.66. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 fell last week after hotter-than-expected U.S. producer prices data fanned concerns that the Federal Reserve could keep U.S. interest rates higher for longer.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Tesla, Morgan Stanley, Jay Hatfield, Goldman Sachs, Alex Chriss, Amruta Khandekar, Saeed Azhar, Arun Koyyur, Maju Samuel, David Gregorio Our Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, China AMC, Nasdaq, Nvidia, Micron Technology, Dow Jones, Infrastructure Capital Advisors, NVIDIA, Federal Reserve, Walmart, Traders, Fed, PayPal Holdings, Intuit, AMC Entertainment, Hawaiian Electric Industries, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, China, New York, Delaware, Maui, Lahaina, Bengaluru

☆ PayPal Names Intuit Executive Alex Chriss as Its Next CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Colin Kellaher | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Intuit's Alex Chriss named new PayPal CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

PayPal 's new CEO will be Alex Chriss, the executive who runs the small business and self-employed group at Intuit, members of PayPal's board announced Monday. Chriss will take over for PayPal's longtime CEO Dan Schulman beginning Sept. 27. PayPal's board said Chriss was chosen for the role out of a pool of nine candidates. The board members said the firm had no role in the search. Schulman became PayPal's CEO after the split from eBay in 2015, and he notified the company of his decision to retire at the end of December last year.

Persons: Alex Chriss, Chriss, Dan Schulman, Schulman, Dan, PayPal's, Elliott Organizations: PayPal, Intuit, Elliott Management, eBay

☆ PayPal taps Intuit exec Alex Chriss as its new CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Alex Chriss will become the new CEO of PayPal on September 27. Current CEO Dan Schulman announced in February he would retire at the end of 2023. Chriss will come from Intuit, where he is the EVP of small business and self-employed group. Alex Chriss, the executive vice president of small business and self-employed group at Intuit, has been tapped to lead PayPal, the firm announced Monday. The move comes as current PayPal CEO Dan Schulman announced on February 9 that he will retire at the end of the year.

Persons: Alex Chriss, Dan Schulman, Chriss, Schulman, Elliott Management, Intuit's, Alex, John Donahoe Organizations: PayPal, Intuit, Morning

[1/2] FILE PHOTO: The PayPal app logo seen on a mobile phone in this illustration photo October 16, 2017. "We believe (Chriss's) experience sounds highly relevant to PayPal as it reemphasizes focus on small merchants and launches PayPal Complete Payments," William Blair analysts wrote in a note. PayPal Complete Payments is a payments processing solution for small and medium-sized businesses. According to Wolfe Research, his biggest accomplishment was the company's $12-billion acquisition and integration of Mailchimp in 2021. Outgoing CEO Schulman will remain on the board of the company until its next annual meeting of stockholders in May, PayPal said.

Persons: Thomas White, Alex Chriss, Dan Schulman, William Blair, Wolfe, Darrin Peller, Chriss, Schulman, Niket, Pooja Desai Organizations: PayPal, REUTERS, PayPal Holdings, Intuit, eBay, Intuit's, Wolfe Research, Reuters, Thomson Locations: San Jose , California, Bengaluru

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: AMC, U.S. Steel, PayPal, Tesla and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, August 22, 2022. PayPal — PayPal stock added 2% after the company announced Intuit's Alex Chriss would take over as chief executive beginning in September. Tesla — Shares slipped 2% after the company announced lowered prices on some models in China. Okta — Stock in the identity management firm added 2.4% in midday trading after an upgrade to buy from Goldman Sachs over an improving risk reward ratio. Teledyne Technologies — The conglomerate climbed 4% after Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock to a buy from neutral.

Persons: AMC's, Intuit's Alex Chriss, Andrew Carnegie, J.P, Morgan, Wells, Nikola —, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, —, Samantha Subin, Alex Harring, Pia Singh, Hakyung Kim Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, AMC —, AMC, PayPal, U.S . Steel, Goldman, Teledyne Technologies Locations: New York, Cleveland, China, Maui

U.S.-listed shares of Chinese companies also fell, with Alibaba , Baidu Inc and Nio Inc down between 2% and 6%. Economic data expected includes retail sales for July as well as industrial production and jobless claims numbers to gauge the direction for U.S. interest rates. Investors are basically staying on the sidelines until we get the economic news of the week," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Spartan Capital Securities. AMC Entertainment common shares (AMC.N) fell 39.2% after a Delaware judge approved the theater chain's revised stockholder settlement on Friday. The S&P index recorded three new 52-week highs and six new lows, while the Nasdaq recorded 27 new highs and 93 new lows.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Tesla, We've, Peter Cardillo, Alex Chriss, advancers, Amruta Khandekar, Arun Koyyur, Maju Samuel Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, China AMC, Dow, Nasdaq, Tesla, Alibaba, Baidu Inc, Nio Inc, Walmart, Federal Reserve, U.S, Treasury, Investors, Spartan Capital Securities, Traders, Dow Jones, PayPal Holdings, Intuit, AMC Entertainment, U.S . Steel, NYSE, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, China, Delaware, Cleveland, Bengaluru

☆ The 10 most iconic protest photos of all time
▼ + stars: | 2020-06-08 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

This photo of Rosa Parks sitting in the front of a bus was actually taken after the Supreme Court disbanded Montgomery's segregated bus system, but it remains a classic symbol. Underwood Archives/Getty ImagesThe white man sitting behind Parks is Nicholas C. Chriss, a journalist who was covering the civil rights movement for United Press International. "But to this day no one has ever made clear that it was a reporter, I, covering this event and sitting behind Mrs. Parks, not some sullen white segregationist! She seemed to want to savor the event alone."

Persons: Rosa, Parks, Nicholas C, Chriss Organizations: Rosa Parks, Supreme, Underwood Archives, United Press, Houston Chronicle, New York Times

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